Thursday, December 6, 2018

Lexember 6th: ‘surprise’

Usfílmi

/usˈfil.mi/ n.wk.f.į̄ surprise, amazement, bewilderment, shock, astonishment.

From Griutungi usfilmī, cf. Gothic usfilmei, from ProtoGermanic uz- ‘out’ and felmį̄ ‘awe’.

https://linguifex.com/wiki/Contionary:usfílmi

Þī frisǣtistu þ·ōsfílmin mīna þenis þrǭ!
‘So imagine my surprise when it exploded!’

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